Ashley Cain, a former Coventry City player, who will appear on new MTV dating show Ex on the Beach.

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A former Coventry City footballer has revealed the “emotional rollercoaster” of starring in MTV’s latest reality show.

Ashley Cain, who joined Barwell earlier this season, was chosen as one of eight single guys and girls to enjoy the delights of a tropical island for dating show Ex On The Beach – blissfully unaware that their exes were about to arrive to break up the party.

It is trouble in paradise from there on in and Ashley, who made his debut for the Sky Blues as an 18-year-old and made 10 first team appearances, said it certainly threw a spanner in the works.

The 23-year-old, from Whitestone, Nuneaton, said: “The makers of the show were trying to cast for the area’s socialites and my name got brought up when they went to Birmingham.

“And it was only a few days after I broke up with my ex-partner that I was asked if I wanted to go to a tropical island – and naturally I was like ‘yes, obviously’.

“I literally thought there was no better way to get over it than go to this island and get to know the others.

“There would be some single girls and I like to party and getting with them, and we thought it was just going to be amazing.

“But it became an emotional rollercoaster as other people then started to come in and someone would be like ‘this is so and so, my ex’.

“As more turned up I was thinking ‘oh my God’ as they couldn’t really bring a good one back for me!

“And when it did happen it couldn’t have been at a worse time as I was massaging another girl who I liked.”

Among the loved-up troupe alongside Ashley is feisty Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison, a lad who prefers “annoying girls” and a young lady who admits to making guys turn psycho.

Entrepreneur Ashley, who founded his own under-18s nightlife brand and a cocktail flavoured electronic vaping device – like an e-cigarette – says there are certainly some characters on the show and admits he expects a mixed reaction to how he comes across on screen.

He said: “I think I’m a strong character and that I hit every aspect for people. “Some love me and some hate me – I’m definitely like Marmite as the cliché goes!

“My family know I’m a bit of a loveable rogue and I’m really open with them, so there shouldn’t be anything to shock them though.”

The showhas just started on MTV and previous episodes are available to view online.